But ye, brethren
The rest of the members of the church, who were diligent and
industrious in their callings, minded their own business, and did
not trouble themselves with other men's matters, took care of
themselves, and their families, and were beneficent to others:
be not weary in well doing;
which may be understood generally of all well doing, or of doing
of every good work; which is well done when done according to the
will of God, in faith, and from a principle of love, and in the
name and strength of Christ, and with a view to the glory of God:
or particularly of acts of beneficence to the poor; for though
the idle and lazy should not be relieved, yet the helpless poor
should not be neglected. This the apostle observes, lest covetous
persons should make an handle of this, and withhold their hands
from distributing to any, under a notion of their being idle and
disorderly; or lest the saints should be tired, and become weary
of doing acts of charity through the ingratitude, moroseness, and
ill manners of poor people; see ( Galatians
6:9 ) .